"People talk about, 'How do we get more people involved in poetry? How do we make it accessible without dumbing it down?' People are concentrating on the poetry itself. I think a lot of it just is, How is it being presented?"

Also featured is an earlier version of my poem "Denim." And I love this lead-from the article:

The full text of January O'Neil's poem "Denim" runs below. To maximize your reading experience, sit next to a humming dryer.